Siggy
Thu Mar 10 06:43:08 CST 2005
I have now deleted all the emails in both problem accounts but it didn't
help. The strange thing is that I can access and download from the accounts
with Outlook Express just fine. I've double and triple checked all the
settings, passwords, etc. but found nothing. Is it possible that the account
created in the POP3 connector is corrupt in some way and deleting it and
recreating it doesn't quite work? How would I deal with this? In the
Interim, I have the two users with the problems accounts accessing external
mail using Outlook Express. Not an ideal setup but works for now.
Thanks.
"Duncan McC" wrote:
> In article <DF0A0E29-4E68-4576-B7C3-37D2E22E8725@microsoft.com>,
> Siggy@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > I am running SBS 2000. I have the POP3 connector retrieving mail from our
> > ISP for 6 mailboxes. Only 4 of them work. The other 2 give 2 errors each in
> > the event log.
> >
> > Event ID: 12050
> > Source: POP3 Connector
> > Category: Download
> > Description: Failed to check the POP3 account for Username at Hostname on
> > port 110. The error is 1232
> >
> > Event ID: 12052
> > Source: POP3 Connector
> > Category: Download
> > Description: An error occurred during a POP3 transaction to host
> > <Hostname><IP address>. For user <Username>. The error is 1232.
> >
> > These mailboxes and users were set up all at the same time and everything
> > worked fine up until today. At first the POP3 connector didn't connect at
> > all. I ended up removing the POP3 connector and reinstalling it. I then
> > reran SP1a to update the reinstalled components. I set up the 6 mailboxes in
> > the POP3 connector snap in and 4 of the 6 work. I even reran the Internet
> > Connection Wizard for SBS 2000 to set things up from scratch and that didn't
> > work either. HELP!
> >
> > Thanks for any advice
>
> Further to my reply - after readign the MS KB - it sounds like you have
> "badmail" on those mailboxes. If that's the case, you prolly need to
> telnet onto them, and either read through the emails and try and work
> out which are baddies and which are goodies - or just delete 'em all.
>
> Commands to do this?:
> telnet your.problem.mail.isp 110 (telnet on to the offending POP server,
> port 110)
>
> user <username>
> pass <password
>
> then use command like:
> list (lists all yer emails line by line showing how many "lines" in each
> email)
>
> top x y (x= message number (from list command), y= number of lines to
> display)
>
> eg. top 1 15 (display 15 lines of message #1)
>
> and dele x (delete a message # x)
>
> eg. you've concluding message #1 is a baddie, you wanna delete it.
> dele 1
>
> and quit (quit your telnet sesssion).
>
> Bit of a pain, but will get you going hopefully.
>
> An alternative is to use Outlook or Outlook Express and pull the
> messages from the offending mailboxes by setting up POP accounts for
> each. (It's possible you may have the same problem as the SBS POP
> connector though - ie, it just won't do it, due the 'bad' emails).
>
> --
> Duncan
>